• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Regents Professor
  • Nelson-Jackson Chair Professor
  • Director, Turbomachinery Laboratory
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Eric Petersen

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering , Stanford University – 1998
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida – 1990
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida – 1988

Research Interests

    • Combustion
    • Propulsion
    • Gas Dynamics
    • Chemical Kinetics
    • Rocket Propellants
    • Laser Diagnostics and Spectroscopy
    • Laminar and Turbulent Flames
    • Shock Tubes
    • Gas Turbine Combustion
    • Detonations

Awards & Honors

  • Association of Former Students Award for Research - 2024
  • CI Fellow - 2020
  • AIAA Associate Fellow - 2020
  • Dean of Engineering Excellence Award, Professor Level - 2019
  • TEES Senior Faculty Fellow Award - 2017
  • James J. Cain Graduate Teaching Award - 2015
  • Best Paper Award, X ISHPMIE - 2014
  • ASME Fellow - 2010
  • Best Paper Award, 2008 ASME Turbo Expo - 2009
  • NSF CAREER Award - 2006-2011

Selected Publications

  • M. A. Turner, P. Parajuli, W. D. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Emission Spectra of Hydrocarbon Flames Doped with Phosphorus-Containing Compounds,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2022, pp. 685-693.
  • C. M. Grégoire, C. K. Westbrook, O. Mathieu, S. P. Cooper, S. A. Alturaifi, and E. L. Petersen, “A Shock-Tube and Chemical Kinetics Model Investigation Encompassing all Five Pentene Isomers,” Fuel, Vol. 323, 2022, 124223/13.
  • O. Mathieu, C. M. Grégoire, M. A. Turner, D. J. Mohr, S. A. Alturaifi, J. C. Thomas, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Investigation of the Combustion Properties of an Average Thermal Runaway Gas Mixture from Li-Ion Batteries,” Energy & Fuels, Vol. 36, 2022, pp. 3247-3258.
  • J. C. Thomas and E. L. Petersen, “HTPB Heat of Formation: Literature Survey, Group Additive Estimations, and Theoretical Effects,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 60, No. 3, 2022, pp. 1269-1282.
  • S. A. Alturaifi, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “An Experimental and Modeling Study of Ammonia Pyrolysis,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 235, 2022, 1
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